Marking-tag.



I. KAUFMAN, MARKING TAG.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2, 1908.

906,718. Patented Dec. 15, 1908.

1mm DOE 9 3 WITNESSES INVENTOR UNITED STATES QFFICE.

IRVING KAUFMAN, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

MARKING-TAG.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, Tnvixe Kx'urarrlv, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore city, State of Maryland, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Marking-'lags, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement in marking tags and moreparticularly to that class of tags which are designed to be attached totextile fabrics and other similar articles ofmerchandise and to havewritten on them the numbers, cost and selling prices, and likememorandum relating to the article to which they are attached.

It has also for its obj ectthe production of a tag which may be quicklyattached to and easily removed from the fabric without damaging thesame, and when attached the at-- taching devices are constructed as tobe thoroughly housed, thereby rendering it impossible for the device toscratch or wound the hands in the handling of the fabric.

The tag has for a further object the capa bility of subsequent use, asit can be removed from the fabric without mutilation.

lVith the foregoing objects in view, my invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combination of parts, which will behereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forn'iing a part of this specification inwhich similar numerals and letters of reference are used to designatelike parts. Figure 1 is an elevation of a marking tag equipped with theimproved clasp, applied to a piece of fabric; Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of the device before applying; Fig. 3 is a section on an enlargedscale through the fastening elements; Fig. 1 is an elevation of a blankof the female member, Fig. 5 is an elevation of the male member, bothfigures being enlarged, and Fig. 6 is an elevation on an enlarged scaleof the male member as shown in F 3.

My improved tag is preferably formed of a single strip 12, made of anysuitable material, but preferably of paper, creased at its middle toform the flaps 1 and 2 respectively, which vtiaps are of equal length;the equality of the lengths of the respective flaps is not, however,essential to the invention. On the front side of the tag is printed anydesired form as indicated at 3, in Fig. 1.

In the free end of the flap 1 is secured the male member 1 of thefastening device,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 2, 1908.

Patented Dec. 15, 1908.

Serial No. 430,495.

I which member consists of a pin pointed 011 one end as indicated at 5,and provided on the opposite end with a head (3; just below the pointedend 5 on the pin is provided a nick or groove 7, the object of whichwill hereinafter appear.

The pin t is inserted through the free end of the flap 1 and ispermanently secured therein by means of the shoulder 8 being swagedthereon after its insertion, thereby securing the material between thehead 6 and the said shoulder.

The female member consists of a flat metal strip provided with a centralconstriction 9 dividing the strip into plates 10 and 11; the plate 10 isprovided with a concavity or depression 12; plate 11 is provided with acentral opening 13 and with a plurality of slits 1 1, terminating andopening thereinto; 15 is an integral pointed extension on the end ofplate 10, the object of which will herein after be explained. The femalemember of the fastening device is secured 011 the end of flap :2 of thetag A, by bending plate 11 over plate 10, it being creased at theconstricted portion 9, the point 15 being bent vertically to the plate10; the flap 2 is then inserted between the plates 10 and 11, thepointed extension 15 is then inserted through the flap, and is then bentdownwardly over and upon plate 11, thereby securing the female member onthe flap 2.

My device is operated as follows: The fabric B is inserted between theflaps 1 and 2 of the tag A, the male member 1 secured in flap 1 beingoppositely disposed to the opening 13 in the female member on flap 1,pressure is then applied to the male member by reason of which the point5 is extended through the fabric, thence through the opening 13 of thefemale member and is housed within the concavity or depression 12 inplate 10 thereof; when the pressure is released the pin 4; is retainedwithin the female member by reason of the opening 13 (which opening isof slightly smaller diameter than that of the pin l) by engaging the pin1 within the groove 7 thereof, thereby affording sutlicient lockingcontact as to retain the members together, the resiliency or expansionnecessary for this purpose being atforded the opening 13 by theplurality of slits l hopening and terminating thereinto. The resiliencythus afforded is such as to cause the device to be opened without themutilation of the tag A, and to render it capable of subsequent use, yetthe contracting and expansion qualities of the female member are such asto secure the male member into locking contact therewith sufiicientlyfor the purpose for which intended.

Slight changes might be resorted to, in theform and arrangement of theseveral parts herein described, without departing from the spirit andscope of my invention, hence I do not desire to limit myself to theexact construction as herein set forth, but

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A marking tag of the character described, comprising a strip foldedso as to form two flaps, a pointed pi-n constituting a male member,having a groove formed therein below the said point, means for securingthe said member in one flap, a female member comprising a strip having acentral constricted portion dividing the said stripinto two plates, oneof the said plates having a depression formed therein, the said platesbeing folded, one over the other, means for securing the plates on theremaining flap, means within the other plate for receiving and retainingthe said male member thereinto with the pointed end of the said memberhoused within the said depression in the said first mentioned plate,substantially as described.

2. A marking tag of the character described, comprising a strip foldedso as to form two flaps, a pointedpin constituting a male member, havinga groove formed therein below the said point, the said pin beinginserted through one of the said flapsand swaged therein, a femalemembercomprising a strip having a central restricted portion dividingthe said strip into two plates, one of the said plates having adepression formed within the body portion thereof, and a pointedextension formed integral with the said body portion, the said platesbeing folded one over the other, with the otherflap end interposedthereinbetween, with the said pointed extension extended through thesaid flap and transversely bent into engagement with the other plate,means within the said other plate for receiving and retaining the saidmale member thereinto, with the pointed end of the said member housedwithin the said'depression in thesaid first mentioned plate,substantially as described.

3. A marking tag of the character described, comprising a strip foldedso as to form two flaps, a pointed pin constituting a male member havinga groove formed therein below the said point secured in one flap", afemale member comprising a strip having a central constricted portiondividing the said strip into two plates, the said plates being foldedone over the other, means for securing the plates on the remaining flap,means within one of the said plates for receiving and retaining the saidmale member thereinto, and means on the other plate for housing thepoint of the said pin extended therein, substantially as described.

a. A marking tag of the character described, comprising a strip foldedupon itself so to form twoflap ends, a. pointed pin provided with agroove formedtherein below the said point, the said pin constitutingthemale member of the fastening device, means for securing the said pinin one of the said flaps, a female member comprising a strip having acentral constriction dividingthe said strip into two plates, the saidstrip being bent at the point of constriction as to render the saidplates oppositely disposed, means provided in one of the said plates forreceiving and retaining the said pointed pin therein, means provided inthe other plate for housing the said pin point therein, and means forsecuring the said plates on the free end of the remaining flap,substantially as described.

5. The combination of a; tag-of the character described, comprising afolded strip having two flap ends, and a. fastening device consistingof' a pointed pin having a groove formed therein below the said pointand means for securing the said pin in one of the said flaps, a metalstrip having a central constriction dividing the said strip into twoplates, the said strip being bent at the point of constriction so thatthe said" plates are oppositely disposed, forming an upper andlowerplate, the said upper plate being providedwith a central openingtherein and having a plurality of slits opening and ter- 11] inatingthereinto, a pointed extension. provided on the said lower plate, thesaidplate having a central depression therein, the said pointedextension being extended through;

the otherflap end and bent upon the said upper plate for the purpose ofsecuring the said plates on the said flap, substantially as described. a

In testimony whereof I aflixmy signature in presence of'two witnesses.

IRVING KAUFMAN. YVitnesses E. WALTER BREWINGTON, flLlRY- M. MlAGRAW'.

